Breeding & genetics

Production of a fast-growing tilapia strain developed by Spring Genetics could be an effective means of alleviating poverty in El Salvador, according to one of the world’s leading philanthropists.

AquaBounty CEO Sylvia Wulf is looking forward to the company's first harvest of US-growth transgenic salmon after a “transformative year”, despite net losses increasing from $10.4 to $13.2 million.

Catla producers might be better off sourcing fry from a catla's second spawning of the season - as their offspring have fewer deformities, an enhanced survival rate and enlarged body size, according to new research.

Certain tilapia families have been shown to be completely resistant to tilapia lake virus (TiLV), offering hope that breeding programmes can combat one of the worst diseases to hit the global fish farming industry in rec…